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Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
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Info
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Eccremocarpus scaber
English: Chilean glory-flower; Chilean glory creeper.
Region: Chile.
Source: Sense provings.
Botany: many branched perennial vine, climbing shrub, woody base; evergreen or deciduous in colder climates; leaves oval, thin, pinnate, pinnate structured veins, alternating, light green, mostly glaborous, or small fine hairs; flowers tubular, petals rounding back at the tip, bright orange-red outer rings with a red centre; tendrils hook onto surroundings; flowering from September to May; fruit a glossy, oval wrinkled capsule; seeds black with a prominent wing with wind dispersal
Culture: a weed in New Zealand, due to rapid growth and many seeds, covering smaller plants and trees
Habitat: forest edges, roadsides, waste areas; abundant sun, drain well.